Columbia University Film Festival 2013

	The Hall (Original Pilot) Written by Jesse Gustafson David Franks was a once prominent teacher whose career and marriage were ruined by a tragic event with a student in his past. He takes a job at a brutal juvenile detention center in an effort to help his child custody case. Apathy and violence are the status quo among the staff and inmates, and David vows to distance himself from it. But as his own personal life unravels, he begins to build a kinship with the inmates and becomes deeply involved in their lives.
	Bacha Bazi Written by Ana Lazarevic Strahinja is smuggling Afghan boys across the Balkans so he can pay for his son's school trip. On the first leg of the trip, the oldest of the boys mysteriously dies and this leads to a tumultuous relationship with the boy's younger brother, Yasir, a crafty nine year old with an old soul. Strahinja struggles to keep track of unpredictable Yasir and struggles with himself as he grows increasingly aware that he is delivering the boy to a life of indentured servitude.
	Hatchet Men Written by Kevin Lau In 1885, a young naive blacksmith vows to rescue his kidnapped lover from a fierce gang boss, taking him down a path of darkness that ultimately transforms him into the first kingpin of San Francisco's Chinatown.
	Shrinking Written by Ben Seccombe Morris Spellman is a perpetually out-of-work, barely functioning alcoholic with a nasty WNBA gambling habit. When his house is burned down by the local crime boss he owes money to, Morris shacks up at his out-of-town brother's psychiatry practice and begins posing as a licensed psychiatrist. Morris has three days to pay off his debts, but he'll have to contend with a suspicious detective and a mentally unstable celebrity in order to stay above ground.
	The Archer Written by Casey Schroen Fourteen-year-old Lauren Pierce strives to be a model student and championship junior archer at her conservative high school. When a bully exposes her secret crush on a female teammate, Lauren's humiliating meltdown leads to expulsion and a summer sentence at an isolated teen boot camp in Montana. As the corrupt director and his vicious son reeducate Lauren by any means necessary, she executes a daring escape plan with the help of an alluring classmate. A violent chase ensues across the surrounding wilderness, where Lauren's skills with a bow could mean the difference between life and death.
	The Walking Dead (Spec) - “Scorpion” Written by Brandon Zuck When the survivors are ambushed by backcountry scavengers, they find themselves left for dead with no weapons and nowhere to hide. Intent on revenge, Shane leads a hunting party to recover their gear and meets a dangerous new ally on the road. Meanwhile Rick is left struggling to hold the rest of the group together as they discover these woods are not what they seem.

	Big Muddy Written by Jefferson Moneo Martha Barlow has been living in seclusion for years with her teenage son, Andy. She has a violent personal history she'd rather not remember and more skeletons in her closet than she'd care to admit. After Andy commits a horrible crime, Martha must face her own past in order to secure her son's future. To do so, she must ward off a crazed racehorse owner, reconcile with her estranged family, and reunite with Andy's dangerous and long forgotten father.
	Fanclub (Original Pilot) Written by Lara Gallagher A small town girl's romantic obsession leads her into the rigid and violent world of a straight edge punk youth group where being saved is a dangerous proposition. Set in the rigid world of straight edge punk music and radical Christian belief in small town Pennsylvania, overachieving, 17-year-old Larissa is desperate to win back her ex-boyfriend Jed, who is mysteriously back in town and trying to prove himself to the Fanclub - a youth group with a hardline approach to sex, drugs, and Jesus. But when the enigmatic and dangerous leader of the Fanclub takes a special interest in Larissa, who's going to be saving whom?
	Lukomorie Written by Margot Arakelian In 1980s Soviet Union, a lone police captain deep behind the Iron Curtain must unravel an ancient mystery before it claims his ailing son. Twelve years after a Ukrainian immigrant is arrested for murdering and consuming children, his sister, Alla, hires corrupt Captain Sarjoyan to investigate the disappearance of a small boy. Sarjoyan takes the case, hoping to use the money to pay for the care of his dying son. As Sarjoyan embarks on a journey through the backwoods of Ukraine to Western Germany, he discovers that Baba Yaga - a witch from ancient Slavic folklore - may be responsible for the consumption of children.
	Neon Veronica Written by Brian Birch Upon release from juvenile detention, the violent tempered Johnny travels through his nightmarish hometown on a quest to reclaim a relationship with his sister, Veronica. When he discovers that she is in the hands of their criminal stepfather - the man who forced him into jail - Johnny must confront him to save Veronica from the desolate landscape of their youth.
	Shale Written by Jed Cowley Sheila, a timid and submissive 70 year-old housewife, makes the terrifying decision to leave her domineering husband, John, after 50 years of marriage.
	The Adventures of Awesome Girl Written by Sarah Nerboso Lia lives her life inspiring lost men to 'seize the day' and puts her real-life adventures into her Awesome Girl comics. But with Awesome Girl on the brink of cancellation, Lia must take her own life and her comic in a new direction. Outspoken musician, Ben, seems to have the answers, but Lia can't decide if he's a hero or a villain.
	The Life and Death of Espíritu Perdomo Written by Mauricio Leiva-Cock To escape the war-ravaged world of the living, Espíritu Perdomo - homeless gravedigger - creates a joyous society of the dead within cemetery walls.